Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler
The family TWiVidae discuss changes in the human fecal virome associated with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.
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- Enteric virome changes in inflammatory bowel disease (Cell)
- Gov. Christie stumbles on vaccination (NY Times)
- Anti-vax psychology (NPR)
- Vaccine skeptic changes her mind (NPR)
- Ebolavirus sitrep (WHO)
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I’m happy to announce the TWiV Skid army is growing. I have also cranked my headphones up to 11 to enjoy the show while moving compost with a skid loader. Now if only you had some of those fabled plant virologists on the show I could have learned about the cubic yards of microbes I was moving around…